Long story short, to those that are wondering if the series will come back for season 3*, the answer is yes.

The series have made quite a profit for the production companies(not to mention the profits from licensing feeds, games, novels, etc..). In addition, SOA has been one of the top-tier anime for the year 2012.

While there is way too much content to be crammed into season 3, you can expect the main storyline to be more or less the same, with some parts omitted from the anime series(much like in season 1).

Anime should be out anywhere from early March to as late as mid June. In the end, it is up for the animation companies to decide when's the best time to release the anime for maximum profit and exposure.

* Many people are debating whether the SOA and ALO arcs are to be considered one or two seasons, but regardless of the outcome, let's just pretend that that number 3 following the "Season" in the title stands for the whatever-next-gen season that will cover GGO will be.

Don't look foward to much romance plot of Asuna and Kirito as GGO is introducing a new main character and some spoils to Kirito (Read the Light Novels or go spoil urself on Wikipedia or something if you want to know)

Don't look foward to much romance plot of Asuna and Kirito as GGO is introducing a new main character and some spoils to Kirito (Read the Light Novels or go spoil urself on Wikipedia or something if you want to know)

Hmmm, or you could tell us right here and just conceal it in a spoiler, because now I'm curious.

Don't look foward to much romance plot of Asuna and Kirito as GGO is introducing a new main character and some spoils to Kirito (Read the Light Novels or go spoil urself on Wikipedia or something if you want to know)

Don't look foward to much romance plot of Asuna and Kirito as GGO is introducing a new main character and some spoils to Kirito (Read the Light Novels or go spoil urself on Wikipedia or something if you want to know)

Hmmm, or you could tell us right here and just conceal it in a spoiler, because now I'm curious.

But as for the love between Kirito and Asuna they are still in love and all but she isnt in this one as much. He gets sent into GGO to look into murders that seem to be happening in game where ppl die in irl. A lot like SAO. Wont give to much away wiki thread can tell you more or read it yourself. Very good read.